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  2. Flattening - Wikipedia

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    There are three variants: the flattening , [1] sometimes called the first flattening, [2] as well as two other "flattenings" ′ and , each sometimes called the second flattening, [3] sometimes only given a symbol, [4] or sometimes called the second flattening and third flattening, respectively.

  3. Sharpening stone - Wikipedia

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    The term is based on the word "whet", which means to sharpen a blade, [3] [4] not on the word "wet". The verb nowadays to describe the process of using a sharpening stone for a knife is simply to sharpen, but the older term to whet is still sometimes used, though so rare in this sense that it is no longer mentioned in, for example, the Oxford Living Dictionaries.

  4. Waterstones - Wikipedia

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    Waterstones Booksellers Limited, trading as Waterstones (formerly Waterstone's), is a British book retailer that operates 311 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and also other nearby countries. [5] As of February 2014 [update] , it employs around 3,500 staff in the UK and Europe. [ 5 ]

  5. Metate - Wikipedia

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    Those from the Atlantic Watershed have a plate that is horizontally flat and rimmed. Both are associated with mortuary goods , suggesting differential social status existed within these communities. The three main types of Costa Rican stone sculpture at this time—tripod-metate, mace heads and jade “axe-god” pendants—peaked and declined ...

  6. Jointer - Wikipedia

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    Notice the Infeed and outfeed table heights relative to the high speed rotating cutting blades. A jointer or in some configurations, a jointer-planer (also known in the UK and Australia as a planer or surface planer, and sometimes also as a buzzer or flat top) is a woodworking machine used to produce

  7. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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    Most tables are composed of a flat surface and one or more supports (legs). A table with a single, central foot is a pedestal table. Long tables often have extra legs for support. Dinner table and chairs. Table tops can be in virtually any shape, although rectangular, square, round (e.g. the round table), and oval tops are the

  8. Ready-to-assemble furniture - Wikipedia

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    An unassembled IKEA flat-pack stool. Ready-to-assemble furniture (RTA), also known as knock-down furniture (KD), flat-pack furniture, or kit furniture, is a form of furniture that requires customer assembly. The separate components are packed for sale in cartons which also contain assembly instructions and sometimes hardware.

  9. Tim Waterstone - Wikipedia

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    Sir Tim Waterstone (born 30 May 1939) is a British bookseller, businessman and author. He is the founder of Waterstones , the United Kingdom-based bookseller retail chain, the largest in Europe. Early life